Instruction manual

Chapter 3 Operation 25
allows the receive audio to pass to the speaker. The display will
show alternating between the calling ID (or Alias) and —VSC—. The
speaker remains unmuted until loss of carrier. The user may press
the PTT and talk without any special button presses. VSC data will
be transmitted to open the target radio and communications may
proceed. This VSC mode remains in effect to permit continued
conversations until the <C> button is pressed. Once radios are in
the VSC mode described above, continued conversations are not
prefaced with the receive alert series tones. Receipt of a Voice
Select Call is not acknowledged.
If an emergency message is received during VSC operations, all
VSC connections will be cancelled.
GE Star® Interrogate
To Send an interrogate command, press the <A> button until
―CHECK‖ appears in the display then press the <B> button to select
the target radio. If an alias table is present, the radio enters the alias
mode of ID selection. If there is no alias table, any valid ID can be
entered. If you desire to enter an ID instead of the alias, press and
hold the <B> button for longer than 2 seconds. Refer to page 28 for
more information. If an error is made in the ID entry, continue to fill
out the five-character ID and then press <C> and reenter the ID.
After the ID is entered, momentarily press the radio PTT to send the
message. Data is sent and then the radio unkeys. If an
acknowledgment is received from the target radio, the display
changes to —ACK— . If no acknowledgment is received in five
seconds, the display changes to alternating between the target ID (or
Alias) and —NAC—for five seconds.
If the radio receives an interrogate command with a matching ID, the
radio shows no indication of being checked except that the TX led
may illuminate. The radio will send the appropriate acknowledgment
to the requesting radio. If the radio receives an interrogate
command with an ID that matches the programmed GE Star® group
ID (or 00000 for ―all-call‖), the VMDE-200 will not send an
acknowledgment or take any action.
GE Star® Selective Call
To send a selective call, press the <A> button until ―CALL‖ appears
in the display then press the <B> button to select the target radio. If
an alias table is present, the radio enters the alias mode of ID
selection. If there is no alias table, any valid ID can be entered. If
you desire to enter an ID instead of the alias, press and hold the <B>
button for longer than 2 seconds. Refer to page 28 for more
information. If an error is made in the ID entry, continue to fill out
the five-character ID and then press <C> and reenter the ID. After
the ID is entered, momentarily press the radio PTT to send the
message. Data is sent and then the radio unkeys. If an
acknowledgment is received from the target radio, the display
changes to —ACK— . If no acknowledgment is received in five
seconds, the display changes to alternating between the target ID (or
Alias) and —NAC—for five seconds.
If the radio receives a selective call with a matching ID, the radio
responds by emitting a series of tones from the speaker and the
display will show —CALL—. The call alert tone is repeated every 10